Kyriaki Papadopoulos (nee Keisidis)
Interviewer(s):
Angelo Laskaris
Project:
Childhood Narratives of Greek Canadians from the 1940s
INTERVIEW LOCATION:
Toronto, ON
LANGUAGE:
Greek
DATE:
December 29, 2022

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Date and Location
December 29, 2022
Toronto, ON
Interviewee(s)
Kyriaki Papadopoulos (nee Keisidis)
Interviewer(s)
Angelo Laskaris
Languages
Greek
Reference ID
40sREF003
Project
Childhood Narratives of Greek Canadians from the 1940s
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Categories
Culture and Tradition
Working Life
Historical Events
Migration
Tags
Asia Minor Catastrophe
Greek Civil War
Post-WW2 Migration
Rural Greek Economy
Traditions
WW2
Decades Referenced
1940s
1950s
Locations Referenced
Xortokopi Kavala, Asia Minor, Belgium, Germany, Toronto
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Parents Occupation(s)
Farmers
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[00:01:54] Parents flee Asia Minor and early life in Greece

[00:06:54] Bulgarian forces occupy village

[00:14:04] Daily routine cultivating tobacco

[00:25:23] Father leaves for the Albanian Front

[00:35:00] Village life and cultivating fields

[00:39:00] School Life, education and community relationships

[00:49:48] Celebrations and festivals

[00:52:05] Resistance and Civil War guerillas fighters

[00:57:33] Paidomazoma

[00:59:35] Bulgarian occupation in the Xortokopti

[01:07:37] Meeting her husband

[01:10:25] Migration to Belgium, Germany and Canada

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